Hoe



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' a. A. 'KASZINSKI HOB Filed 001:. 17. 1923 INVENTOR 3W y, amm- ATTORNEYPatented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES BENEDYKT A. KASZINSKI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOE.

Application filed. October 17, 1923. Serial No. 668,975.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENEDYKT A. KAszIN- SKI, a citizen of Poland,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Hoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates generally to gardening implements, havingparticular reference to a novel construction for a hoe whereby the rangeof utility thereof may be increased, the invention having for an objectto increase the efficiency and utility of the hoe.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawlng, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a perspective view showing one embodiment of myimproved hoe.

Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional vlew of the detachable blade.

Fig. 3 is a face view showing the blade of my improved hoe.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view thereof taken on the line 4- ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary rear view of the blade.

Referring now to the drawing, my improved hoe as there disclosedcomprises a skeleton blade removably fixed to a number of prongs,removal of the blade permitting the implement to be used as a rake. The

' blade of the hoe is here numbered 20 and is upwardly extendingrecesses or sockets to receive the top edge of the blade. Formed on thefront face of the lower portion of each prong 26 a short distance belowthe bottom of the thickened upper portion is a lug 29, while the bladepresents complementary openings such as 30 through which these lugsproject when the blade is in position. The lugs 29 project adistancefrom the prong elements 26 corresponding to the thickness of the blades20 so as to have their faces flush with the face of the blade, while thefingers 28 are spaced from the lugs a like distance, so as to permit ofremovaland replacing of the blade. In this space a flat strap 32isplaced and serves to hold the blade against removal, and this strapmay be secured at opposite ends to the blade by means of the screws 33or by any other means permitting of ready removal of the strap.

The prongs 26 extend downward only partially over the blade 20 while theribs 23 are terminated short of the upper edge of the blade and haverecesses or sockets such as 34 in their upper ends in which the pointedlower ends of the prongs engage, thus securely locking the blade againstdisplacement, while at the same time permitting of its easy removal sothat the implement may be used as a rake.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. A. hoecomprising a handle and a blade, said handle having a series ofprongs presenting upwardly extended sockets adapted to receive the topedge of the blade, said blade presenting sockets to receive the lowerends of the said prongs, and means for retaining said blade in positionwith the top thereof in the said upwardly extended sockets and the lowerends of the prongs in the sockets in the blade comprising a flat stripextending through said upwardly extended sockets and along the rear faceof the hoe.

2. A hoe comprising a handle and a blade, said handle having a series ofprongs presenting upwardly extended sockets adapted to receive the topedge of the blade, said blade presenting sockets adapted to receive thelower ends of the said prongs, and means for retaining said blade inposition with the top thereof in the said upwardly extended 5 socketsand the lower ends of the prongs in the sockets in the blade, saidvmeans comprising lugs on the prongs engaging in apertures in the blade,and a flat strip extending along the upper edge of the blade and throughthe said upwardly extended sockets. 10 g In testimony whereof I haveafiixed my signature.

BENEDYKT A. KASZINSKI.

